La Jolla Parks & Beaches (LJP&B) advisory group met June 22, hoping to hear a response from the city regarding the increased sea lion population at La Jolla Cove and the resulting problems with safety and public access. Shortly after the group’s April 27 meeting, LJP&B chair Dan Allen sent the city a resolution with suggested solutions, setting a May 30 deadline for response.

Although assured by city officials that the response letter should arrive “any day now,” Allen said he has not received any letter from the city. He said he is hopeful one would be received by the group’s August meeting. The board was originally optimistic the city would act in advance of the summer tourist season.

In its resolution, LJPB requested the city:

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■ Install some form of gate mechanism or other temporary barrier on the stairway leading to/from La Jolla Cove beach to prevent sea lions climbing up from the beach;

Although those in attendance at the new Safe, Healthy Neighborhoods Initiative (SHNI) meeting Sept. 4 in the La Jolla Library were seeking local solutions to the homelessness they’ve observed in their neighborhoods, they were met instead with broader City- and County-wide resources that address the varied facets of this very complex issue.

Sitting at the Brick & Bell coffee shop in La Jolla Shores on Sept. 4 with local residents Sandra Munson and Tim Johnson as they catch up over iced teas, one would never know that just three weeks prior, the two were undergoing surgery so Munson could donate a kidney to Johnson.

A sexual abuse lawsuit was filed Aug. 28 against The Bishop’s School in La Jolla and the Episcopal Diocese of San Diego by a former student alleging two years of abuse by a teacher while he was a student at the school in the 1990s.

Voice of San Diego is reporting that a former La Jolla High School physics teacher accused of touching female students had his teaching credential revoked for misconduct, according to the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing’s website.